The DIY cage armor in Ukraine keeps getting weirder, wilder — and more 'Mad Max'

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A Ukrainian armored vehicle with a giant cage and netting around it, including sticks pointing out in various directions. The truck is on an asphalt road with green trees in the background.
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Inside the NH90 chopper that NATO warships lean on to find Russian submarines

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An NH90 helicopter lands on the HNLMS De Ruyter operating north of Norway in August 2025.
The NH90 helicopter is capable of anti-submarine warfare.

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Operators say Ukraine's ground robots are great combat tools — just not for scouting in the grass

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Two ground robots with tracks on brown ground with a drone in the sky above them
Ground robotic platforms are helping Ukraine attack and gather intel on Russia.

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Patriot missile production is surging, but the demand is insatiable

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Exercise Artemis Strike is a German-led tactical live fire exercise with live Patriot and Stinger missiles at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Chania, Greece from Oct. 31-Nov. 09.
The US Army is learning from Ukraine's use of the Patriot surface-to-air missile system.

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How the US military is training a drone army 400 miles from Ukraine

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The US Army announced it will invest $36 billion over the next five years to modernize its force, with a heavy emphasis on drone technology.

Russia’s Colossal Earthquake May Have Ignited Multiple Volcanoes

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Ukrainian soldiers are being trained for bomb-dropping drones — with water balloons

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A man in camouflage clothing and a hat and with a green balaclava covering his face holds a grey drone in the air with grass and trees behind him
Ukrainian soldiers are learning drone warfare techniques from Western allies in a UK-led program.

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The key pillar of Russia's war chest is cracking. The timing couldn't be worse.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting in a chair in the Kremlin, April 2024.
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Kremlin summit in 2024.

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Trump says he gave new orders to US nuclear submarines in response to an ex-Russian president's 'foolish' talk

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An unarmed Trident II D5 missile launches from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Maryland off the coast of Florida.
The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Maryland launches an unarmed Trident II missile.

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NATO is pouring new spending into much-needed air defenses. Money alone won't fix the West's problems.

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German and Ukrainian soldiers stand in front of Patriot systems at a military training area in Mecklenburg, Germany, in June 2024.
The West needs more systems like the Patriot air defense missile system.

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